singer-songwriter
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Mariam The Believer is the musical pseudonym of singer-songwriter Mariam Wallentin. You might already know her for her vocal work in the incredibly percussive Wildbirds and Peacedrums. On a personal note, I’ve always enjoyed Mariam’s soulful and emotive voice, but felt the music Wildbirds and Peacedrums put out
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Chris Cappello is a young singer-songwriter from New Haven, Connecticut who I’ve known for a minute now. In fact, he used to intern for The Needle Drop not too long ago, and appeared in a few videos as well. However, don’t expect this to be some glowing, biased
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Takes Time by Jim Guthrie Use the widget above to stream the new full-length LP from Toronto singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie. The dude may not be a household name–well, I guess his last name is–but he’s been active in music for about 20 years now. He’s got
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On a surprise collaborative album from Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock, the singer-songwriter and MC prove their styles meld much more than they clash. WATCH THE REVIEW
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A lyric video for the new Uncluded track, “TV On Ten,” which comes off the surprise collaboration’s debut album, Hokey Fright. The album is looking at a release this week on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The Uncluded is essentially the artistic pairing of singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson and MC Aesop Rock. These
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Singer-songriter Jenny Hval’s sophomore full-length has its share of jumbled ideas with obvious inspirations, but sometimes her vocal expressions and songwriting are just enough to keep this album intriguing and somewhat moving. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Austrian singer-songwriter Soap&Skin drops a new 7″ of emotionally potent tracks that should hold fans over until something more lengthy comes along. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Singer-songwriter Jenny Hval has a sharp, interesting voice that is equally matched by the odd beauty of the music she surrounds herself with. This adventurous personality Hval’s got was also on display through the track I previously posted on this blog, “I Called,” which is much noisier. In contrast,
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James Blake drops some visuals for the track “Voyeur,” and kills two birds with one stone by promoting his new album, Overgrown, which is dropping on April 8th; plus, the dude is bringing more visibility to the label he’s trying to put together, 1-800-Dinosuar. The song itself follows a
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On the Drones’ latest release, the band is working with some of their longest and most emotive songs yet. WATCH THE REVIEW
